I was born in Canada, raised in Ireland, educated at the University of Toronto, and now live in Mexico. A poet and literary translator (from the Spanish), my work has appeared in journals and anthologies in Canada, Bosnia, and Ireland (Exile, The Fiddlehead, Antigonish Review, Jailbreaks: 99 Canadian Sonnets, Motrista, Zivot, Tetovirana Zemlja: Antologia kanadske poezije, etc.) and has been translated into Bosnian, Croatian, Korean, Serbian, Slovenian, and Spanish.
I am the author of three collections of poetry, The Crossing (Bearing Press, 1998), The Green Table (Exile, 2003), and Ceasefire in Purgatory (Luna, 2007), as well as the translator of Jaime Sabine's Love Poems (Biblioasis, 2011), along with an earlier volume of Sabine's work.
I have read on radio and television, and at book fairs, embassies, literary festivals and universities in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Serbia, and the United States. Slovenia's top poet Marjan Strohan translated five of my poems, which were broadcast on Radio Slovenia. I also represented Canada at the 49th Sarajevo Poetry Days International Festival. In April 2011, I read at Nis and Belgrade Universities, and also at the Embassy of Canada in Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia at the official request of Canadian Ambassador John Morrison.
From 2008-09, my wife Veronica and I co-organized the Toronto Small Press Group. In early 2010, I founded the Linares International Arts Festival, of which I also currently serve as artistic director.
For bookings for reading events, interviews, or workshops,contact: carberrycolin@hotmail.com
